Founders: #28 The Wright Brothers

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What I learned from reading The Wright Brothers by David McCullough --- Unyielding determination (2:30) Jocko's concept of GOOD (4:00) The ability to focus on an idea for a long time is the antidote to short bursts of dopamine we get from checking social feeds all day. (6:30) The beginning of their side business (13:00) The importance of heroes (16:00) Rereading / revisiting old ideas (18:30) Books transformed idle curiosity into the active zeal of workers (22:00) Wilbur Wright on risk: “The man who wishes to keep at the problem long enough to really learn anything positively must not take dangerous risks. Carelessness and overconfidence are usually more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks.” (24:30) Jeff Bezos on stress (25:00) Discover things for yourself (28:00) "Success it most certainly was." (31:00) Profitability of flying machines (33:30) The distribution channel of flying machines (35:00) Wilbur Wright on the idea of flight: "In the enthusiasm being shown around me, I see not merely an outburst intended to glorify a person, but a tribute to an idea that has always impassioned mankind. I sometimes think that the desire to fly after the fashion of birds is an ideal hand

[00:00:00] Orville's first teacher in grade school would remember him at his desk, tinkering with bits of wood. Asked what he was up to, he told her he was making a machine of a kind that he and his brother were going to fly someday. I'm David Senra and you're listening to Founders, my podcast about the biographies of founders. I got the idea for this podcast from listening to another podcast years ago. Elon Musk was being interviewed and said something that stuck with me. He was asked, when starting a company, who did you look to for advice? [00:00:33] Elon said he looked for feedback in a…

Founders: #28 The Wright Brothers

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